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Kazbek Gekkiyev

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Name
  
Kazbek Gekkiyev


Role
  
Journalist

Occupation
  
TV journalist and anchorman

Died
  
December 5, 2012, Nalchik, Russia

Kazbek Gekkiyev (c.1984 – 5 December 2012) was a Russian television journalist who was killed on 5 December 2012 in the North Caucasus Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria. He was the seventh journalist murdered in ten years in the North Caucasus region.

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Career

Gekkiyev was a television journalist and news announcer. After a number of his colleagues resigned due to threats, he became the anchorperson of the TV program Vesti of the All-Russia State Television and Radio Company (VGTRK) "Kabardino-Balkaria", which is a local-state controlled TV channel.

Death

Gekkiyev was murdered in Nalchik, the capital of the republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, on 5 December 2012. He was shot in the head by two men while going to his home with a friend. Gekkiyev was 28 years old.

References

Kazbek Gekkiyev Wikipedia